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Today is the antismoking day and all tobacco products of India would, henceforth, have to compulsorily display the caution on the packets that smoking is injurious to health –...
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- Submitted By: prabirghose | 6 months agoNEW DELHI: All tobacco products will have to carry compulsory pictorial warnings on their packs from today highlighting the health hazards of its consumption, a long- awaited step aimed at cutting down on the killer habit. The government order in ...
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- News Source: The Hindu | 5 months agoPictorial warning on all tobacco products that has become mandatory from May 31 is based on this simple logic. There is overwhelming evidence from countries that have implemented pictorial warnings on cigarette packets to prove this point. In Brazil,...
- News Source: Uinta County News | 5 months agoThe government’s decision to make mandatory the display of pictorial warnings on the packs of tobacco products is a step in the right direction. The picture of scorpions and lungs on the packs will serve as a grim reminder of the ill-effects of...
- News Source: BBC South Asia | 6 months agoPackets of cigarettes, bidis (small hand-rolled cigarettes common in India) and chewing tobacco will now have to display the scorpion and lung symbols. Authorities have also launched a multimedia campaign urging people to quit tobacco consumption...A...
- News Source: Androscoggin News | 6 months agoTo commemorate World No Tobacco Day, Artemis Health Institute, a multi-specialty hospital in Gurgaon, is offering specialised CT-lung screening tests at its premises this Sunday. Announcing that the test was being offered at Rs.1,500, Artemis CEO...
- News Source: Asian Tribune | 6 months agoThere was a growing consensus to strictly enforce smoke-free policies at the public symposium organized by the department of Surgery, Chhatrapati Shahuji Maharaj Medical University to mark the World No Tobacco Day. Vice Chancellor Prof (Dr) Saroj...
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